Shirt protecting support



Oct. 6, 1931. P. FARRELLY 1,826,206

SHIRT PROTECTING SUPPORT Filed Jan. 11, 1928 TTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 6, 193! reunion FARREL Y, or BELMONT, CALIFORNIA i snm'rrnorncrme surroa'r Application filed January 11, 1928. Serial No.245,931. i

My present invention relates to an improvement on shirt protectingsupports and more particularly to a support for holding new andlaundered shirts for display which will protect the same against beingmussed up and the collar thereof against wrinkling.-

The object of my invention is to provide a stiffenin means for.laundering shirts and particularly those of the soft collar type whichwill be comparatively inexpensive to ;make and which can be appliedquickly to a laundered shirt to protect the collar and the folded formof such shirt from being wrinkled, distorted, or otherwise disordered byhandling it in the course of its delivery to its owner.

For a better understanding of my invention reference should be had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front View of alaundered shirt as it will be folded with a support constructed.

in accordance with the present embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the shirt and support shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the support.

In these drawings, 10 designatesa relatively stifi' member of materialsuch as cardboard or the like and the numeral 11 designates a shirthaving a soft collar.12 properly folded and attached to my improvedsupport, the

' folds of the shirt being maintained in position by means of a 'paperband 13, as is commonly practiced in the art at the present time.

Byreferring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that one end of the member 10 isprovided with di-. verging slots 14 which extend inwardly toward eachother and form a flared tongue portion 15. This flared tongue 15 is ofsuch a dimension that it can be conveniently inserted under the rearfold of the collar as shown in Fig. 2.

In folding a shirt upon a support constructed in accordance with myinvention, the shirts will be laid face down in a pile after beinglaundered and the operator will then place one of the supports 10against the back of the shirt at the same time inserting the flaredtongue 15 beneath the collar. The

'ping back of sleeves and body portions of the shirt will then be foldedover the member 10 and the tail portion will then be folded up into theposition shown in Fig. 2, after which the band 13 will be applied andthe shirt will then be securely heldupon the member 10. After theshirt'is thus folded and secured upon the form 10, it will be seen thata displacement of the shirt therefrom will be impossible as the foldedtail portion will prevent the member 10 from sliding downwardly and theoverlapthe collar 12 about the tongue 15 will prevent the support frommoving upwardly.

As a result of this construction it Will be seen that I have produced anew and novel stiffening means for protecting laundered shirts of thesoft collar type which will hold the shirt to its proper shape andsecurely thereto, and at the same time protect the collar portion frombeing wrinkled or otherwise mussed up.

While perhaps the greatest application of my invention will be .made bylaundries in wrapping the shirts prior to delivery to customers, it willbe seen that my device will also constitute a very desirable form forsupporting new shirts on display in stores and in this particularapplication it will be found to be a very valuable adjunct in thedisplay of new shirts, as it'willpresent the shirt to view'in perfectcondition.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention as now known tome, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in itsconstruction without departing from the spirit of the invention asdefined inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A display and protecting support for soft collarshirts, comprising a flat rectangular body portion of stifl' materialover which the shirt is folded, a flared portion at one end of said bodya-nd'centrally thereof adapted to be inserted under the fold of thecollar of the shirt to protect saidcollar against wrinkling and preventsaid shirt from becoming displaced upon the support,

nor tions aeent and outwardly roje "ct/acting each side of said nare thesupport,

2. A display and protecting support com prising a rectangular bodyportion upon which a soft collar shirt may be folded and secured tomaintain it in an unwrinkled con dition and having a pair of divergingslots extending into one end oi. said body portion forming aflared-tongue therebetween adapted to be inserted under the told 01" thecollar to form astiflening means therefor and pro-' Viding outwardlyextending members adjacent said tongue which serve to protect theshoulder portions of the shirt to prevent the shirt from becomingdisplaced upon the suport.

3. A display and shape protecting support for soft collar shirts,comprising a substantially rectangular body portion of relatively stiffmaterial having a pair of diverging slots extending into one end of saidbody portion sufiiciently distant from each side of said body portion toform a tongue therebetween of sufiicient width to project under the backfold of the collar and provide outwardly projecting tongues adjacenttheretowhich protect the shirt against wrinkling.

4. A shirt support for soft collar shirts comprising a substantiallyrectangular body portion of relatively stir? material having a pair ofslots extending into one end there .of suiiiciently distant from eachside of the body portion to form a tongue therebetween of sufiicientwidth to project under the back 'fold of the collar and provide tonguesadjacent thereto which protect the shirt against wrinklin PATRIGKFARRELLY.

